MAFS Star Mel Schilling Reveals Heartbreaking Health Diagnosis Just Days Before Christmas: 'Three Little Words Everyone Fears'
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling has revealed she has cancer.
The TV star, 51, took to Instagram early Wednesday morning to post the shocking news in a heartbreaking post.
'YOU HAVE CANCER' Three little words that everyone fears, but no one ever expects to hear.' began Shilling's caption, alongside a photo of her locked in an embrace with husband Gareth Brisbane, 51, and daughter Madison, eight.
She continued: 'Last Thursday my consultant told me those 3 words.'
The psychologist and dating coach then opened up about how she was diagnosed with bowel cancer a month after she started experiencing pain in her stomach while filming MAFS in Australia.
Married At First Sight star Mel Schilling revealed that she has cancer in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Wednesday. Pictured with husband Gareth Brisbane and daughter Madison
'About a month ago, when I was filming in Australia, I started having severe stomach cramps on set. I put this down to all the traveling I had done and the upset it caused my system,β she wrote.
'I saw my GP in Sydney and he put it down to constipation, gave me some laxatives and sent me away.'
Despite the initial diagnosis, Mel said she knew her condition was more serious and booked herself a scan when she traveled to Britain.
The psychologist and dating coach then opened up about how she was diagnosed with bowel cancer a month after she started experiencing pain in her stomach while filming MAFS in Australia.
βOn Thursday I was told I had colon cancer and in the blink of an eye my whole life changed,β she wrote before confirming that she would go to hospital tomorrow to remove a 5cm tumor in her colon that, if this had gone unnoticed for a long time, any longer would have killed her'.
Mel then revealed she would be spending Christmas Day in hospital while she was treated.
Despite her heartbreaking situation, Mel says she feels “incredibly blessed” that her cancer is “relatively easy to eradicate.”
Despite her heartbreaking situation, Mel says she feels 'incredibly blessed' that her cancer is 'relatively easy to eradicate'
She finished her post with a warning, urging her followers to seek medical attention if something doesn't feel right
“I am expected to make a full recovery, although it is a difficult road,” she wrote, adding, “I also feel so fortunate to have an incredible support network around me, both personally and professionally, my own family and my TV family It's been great the last few days.'
She even joked that she even gave her tumor a name: Terry.
“It will be so hard to spend Christmas Day in the hospital instead of being surrounded by family, but getting rid of Terry (what I've been calling my tumor) will be the best gift of all,” she wrote.
She finished her post with a warning, urging her followers to seek medical attention if something doesn't feel right.
'I wanted to end by saying, if something doesn't feel right, please don't ignore it and if you don't think the answers you have are right, keep going until you do, it just might save your life .'